One of the team's newest additions is bringing some extra focus to Photoshop last year's less-than-picture-perfect 10-win finish.

Seven-time All-Star Skylar Diggins has only been with the Sky for about three weeks, but it's clear she's already one of the leaders of the team.

"You take those rookies and say, 'Go girl,' like, two weeks after their season. But, you know, we have such a young group, and so I think my role in this team, a lot of questions asked towards me, a lot of eyes looking. We understand it's the honeymoon phase still. When we start the games, I might be a little more intense up here, but for right now it's feel good," she said.

Newly acquired forward Rickea Jackson said Diggins is "just a dog."

"You literally walk in the room and you feel her aura, you feel her energy, and she's not afraid to let it be known. I love to play with players like that, that's just confident in themselves," she said. "Learning with Skylar, building with her, I feel like has been fun thus far."

As Sky center Kamilla Cardoso, the No. 3 overall draft pick in 2024, enters her third season, head coach Tyler Marsh said she can be one of the elite bigs in the WNBA. Cardoso thinks taking that step up is about self-belief.

"My teammates and my coaches, they always telling me how much they trust and believe in me. So I think that's something I've got to also start believing in myself and just go out there and do what my teammates need me to do to win games, because that's the main goal for me right now. I just want to win," she said.

Five-time All-Star guard Courtney Vandersloot is still working her way back from a torn ACL suffered last June. She said she's feeling really good, but didn't want to put any date on a return other than she will be playing this season.

A similar pattern continues Friday and Saturday with more clouds than sun, cool lakeside breezes, and scattered light rain at times. Temperatures warm noticeably Sunday and Monday as daily chances of rain continue. 

Here is your 7-day forecast:

Friday: Few showers. High: 49, Low: 36

Saturday: Morning frost. High: 53, Low: 42

Sunday: Breezy. High: 67, Low: 54

Monday: Scattered storms. High: 74, Low: 50

Tuesday: Few showers. High: 61, Low: 43

Wednesday: Scattered storms. High: 58, Low: 42

Thursday: Breezy. High: 59, Low: 49

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Agents from the FBI, IRS and U.S. Customs and Border Protection raided Gino's Steakhouse in Merrillville, Paragon Restaurant in Hobart and a home in Schererville Wednesday morning, hauling away boxes and computer parts. Prosecutors say what looked like neighborhood businesses were allegedly actually fronts for illegal gambling, money laundering and threats.

U.S. Attorney for Northern Indiana Adam L. Mildred announced arrested 22 people not just in Indiana, but also Chicago; Boston; Los Angeles; New York; Sarasota; Florida; Mesa, Arizona; and San Juan, Puerto Rico, after searching seven different Northwest Indiana locations.

Mildred said alleged gambling ring leaders James "Jimmy the Greek" Gerodemos, Dean "Dean Gem" Gialmas and Chris Gerodemos, along with 19 others, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Hammond on April 16, 2026. All three were among the 22 arrests Wednesday.

Investigators said the operation was highly organized and allegedly tied to the restaurants in Merrillville and Hobart. They, along with one of the homes searched yesterday, are owned by James Gerodemos.

Mildred said the defendants range in age from 21 to over 80 years old. They now face charges including conducting an illegal gambling business, conspiracy to commit extortion, extortion, conspiracy to commit and intention to commit credit extension by extortionate means, conspiracy to commit money laundering and more.

"Our goal is to completely dismantle the group," he said.

Prosecutors believe the organization operated from January 2021 until the raids they executed Wednesday. The indictment alleges the defendants built an illegal gambling organization online and in person at two northwest Indiana business, and allegedly used threats and intimidation to collect debts. 

According to the indictment, the organization that prosectors call "Operation Porterhouse Parlay" allowed bettors to place wagers online at websites they created, over the phone and even by text. Court records show gamblers didn't always need cash up front; some were allegedly given lines of credit to start betting immediately.

"Members of the indictment used threats and intimidation to collect on gambling debts," Mildred said.

Investigators said the money added up fast, with bets ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars.

Authorities said the restaurants themselves were used to collect and move money, with leaders running the operation, bookies taking bets, and collectors sent out to get the money. When people didn't pay, investigators said the victims were tracked down, confronted in person, and in some cases threatened.

"Let me be clear, this was not the case of harmless casual gambling," said Tim O'Malley, special agent in charge of FBI Indianapolis. "This was part of a pattern of criminal behavior – coercion, intimidation, and financial exploitation."

Prosecutors would not discuss the specifics of the case as they took questions after their announcement, repeatedly referring to the unsealed indictment for further information.  

Prosecutors said the defendants arrested yesterday were making their first court appearances on Thursday.  While all face federal charges, none of them have been detained.

Prosecutors and the FBI are also asking anyone who believes they may have been a victim of this organization, who has relevant information for the investigation, or know they're a likely target to come forward to the U.S. Attorney or the FBI.

Thefts where retail workers are threatened with weapons, or someone is hurt have risen 7% in the last year. 

"We've had knives brandished at associates when somebody was trying to steal shoes," said Illinois Retail Merchants Association president and CEO Rob Karr. "They're becoming more aggressive." 

Chicago police declined to comment on the findings in the retail crime report, but sources said law enforcement is working to address the rise in violent retail crime.

The data in the report was collected by Auror, a nationwide intelligence platform retailers are using to share information with each other and police. 

"It's a retail crime intelligence platform. It's basically a case management system for retailers, so any incident that's happening – a theft, an assault, a robbery – gets documented," said Raul Augilar, Auror's head of law enforcement. "Auror's been used to go after some of these repeat offenders and the violence in Chicago." 

A recent example made national headlines after an innocent bystander was killed when a burglary crew fled a smash-and-grab burglary at the Louis Vuitton store on the Magnificent Mile crashed a Kia Stinger into a Honda CR-V at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Ohio Street.

Last month, two men were charged with stealing $9,000 in merchandise from a Lululemon store in Lakeview. One of those men was already facing charges and outstanding warrants for retail theft in Cook, DuPage, and Will counties. 

The Illinois Organized Retail Crime Association said it's not uncommon. The same people are often behind these crimes, with 10% of offenders responsible for more than 63% of retail crime. The organization said repeat offenders are driving the most amount of harm in retail.

Illinois retailers are estimated to lose more than $2 billion from thefts every year, losses that drive prices up and impact sales taxes for communities. 

"This crime, as you and I have discussed many times, is not victimless," Karr said.

The Cook County State's Attorney's office said, when a retail theft involves aggravating factors – such as the use of a weapon – charges may be elevated. They also said they more than doubled the number of retail theft cases charged last year.

The Cook County State's Attorney's Office is focused on public safety and accountability. Since Dec. 1, 2024, when State's Attorney Burke took office, we have followed state law, which sets the threshold for charging felony retail theft at $300. 

When a retail theft involves aggravating factors – such as the use of a weapon- charges may be elevated to a higher-class felony based on the facts of the case and the law.  The CCSAO continues to make charging decisions after a full review of evidence presented by law enforcement and seeks detention in every violent felony case where the defendant poses a threat to the public.

 Background  

• ·        In Cook County - 

 2024: 1073 retail theft cases charged

 2025:  2585 retail theft cases charged 

• ·        Case level data on felony retail theft and other felony offenses is available on the CCSAO public data dashboard, including year over year trends.
• ·        ASAs exercise discretion in retail theft cases, considering the circumstances, including prior offenses and other relevant factors.

The House unanimously approved a Senate-passed bill to fund most of DHS earlier in the day, with the exception of the department's immigration enforcement agencies, which have been largely unaffected by the shutdown. The chamber passed the legislation through voice vote with little fanfare, a sign that lawmakers were finally ready to put the impasse behind them.

The 76-day shutdown left many critical agencies like the Coast Guard, FEMA and the TSA struggling to maintain operations as funding ran dry. Repurposed money to pay employees was set to expire within days, increasing pressure on lawmakers to resolve the funding lapse.

The DHS shutdown

Spending authority for the department expired on Feb. 14, kicking off weeks of protracted negotiations between Republicans and Democrats that ultimately resulted in the bill that earned the House's sign-off.

From the start, Democrats objected to funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, the two agencies under DHS that have led the charge in enforcing Mr. Trump's immigration crackdown. Democrats pushed for reforms to the agencies' operations, including banning the use of face masks and requiring warrants for certain immigration-related arrests.

But talks over those reforms failed in the Senate. In the dead of night last month, the chamber unanimously passed legislation to fund the rest of the department, setting ICE and Border Patrol aside. 

But House Republicans rejected that plan, arguing that the bill would be caving to Democratic demands to defund the president's immigration agenda.

Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and President Trump eventually coalesced around a plan to fund the entirety of DHS on two parallel tracks. The first would involve the House passing the Senate DHS bill to immediately reopen the department. The second involves funding ICE and Border Patrol for the next three years through the budget reconciliation process, which will allow Republicans to approve a bill without support from Senate Democrats.

The president ordered DHS to redirect money to pay employees in March, but Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned that funding to make payroll would dry up by the beginning of May, increasing pressure on lawmakers to pass the Senate bill.

House leaders had been waiting for the reconciliation process to move forward before bringing up the Senate legislation. Both chambers took the first step toward crafting the reconciliation package this week, adopting a budget plan that instructs the relevant committees to write legislation to fund the immigration agencies.

"We held the homeland bill, the underlying funding bill, because we had to ensure that they could not isolate and eliminate those two critical agencies," Johnson told reporters after Thursday's vote. "We are getting those done now. We passed the resolution first. That was critically important for us to do, to ensure that we're going to protect the homeland, even though Democrats are unwilling to do it. So now that that box is checked, we're allowed then to proceed and go through with the rest of it."

Mr. Trump has said he wants the reconciliation package on his desk by June 1. 

Both ICE and Border Patrol received tens of billions of dollars in funding in last year's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, meaning their operations have continued mostly unimpeded during the shutdown. Law enforcement agents at both agencies have continued to get paid.

The brunt of the funding lapse has thus been felt by other DHS components like the Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration and Federal Emergency Management Agency. Adm. Kevin Lunday, the commandant of the Coast Guard, told CBS News in an exclusive interview that his workforce was "furious" that the impasse had dragged on so long, calling it "incredibly frustrating." 

Meantime, questions continue to swirl about Cook County's electronic monitoring program, because the accused killer was out with an ankle bracelet when the shooting happened.

Cook County Judge D'Anthony Thedford told 26-year-old Alphanso Talley that "no conditions that I can impose can keep the community safe from you," noting he'd violated the terms of his electronic monitoring multiple times.

Talley is charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder. He also faces felony charges of attempted armed kidnapping, aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, aggravated battery with discharge of a weapon, aggravated battery of a peace officer, aggravated discharge of a firearm in an occupied building, escape from a peace officer, armed robbery, unauthorized possession of a weapon by a felon, possession of a firearm by a repeat felon, obstruction of justice, possession of a fraudulent ID card and three issuances of a warrant.

The convicted felon is accused of cutting off his ankle monitor before killing Chicago police officer John Bartholomew and shooting Bartholomew's partner at Swedish Hospital on Saturday.

Talley interrupted Thursday's hearing three times, prompting warnings from the judge. He was seen smirking in the courtroom, at times laughing, as prosecutors laid out their case for him to be detained.

Talley's family was in the courtroom for Thursday's hearing, as his public defender tried to argue that he could be rehabilitated, that he'd had a hard upbringing in foster care, and was working on building a better life when he was released with an ankle bracelet.

"He would never ever ever do something like this ever in the right state of mind ever, period," said Talley's stepsister, Faith. "He was not in his right state of mind, and the story doesn't add up, and I say he's a very innocent man. We're going to prove him right."

The defense's argument fell flat for Thedford, who ordered Talley jailed until his case is resolved. Talley is due back in court on May 20.

Prosecutors said Talley pistol-whipped a 55-year-old cashier at a Family Dollar store on Saturday, robbing her at gunpoint with a co-conspirator before fleeing on a scooter.

The $110 dollars prosecutors say they took from the register had GPS technology that led police straight to Talley.

He was not wearing his ankle monitor after being pinged for multiple curfew violations, and not charging his monitor weeks prior.

Police took him into custody, and he claimed to have ingested five bags of drugs earlier that day, prompting officers to take him to Swedish Hospital.

Court documents revealed Talley had told officers the same thing during a prior arrest, and no drugs were ever found.

Bartholomew and his partner escorted Talley to Swedish Hospital, where prosecutors said he was handcuffed to a hospital bed. Talley removed his pants, but was given a gown and a blanket to wear during a CT scan.

When one of the officers uncuffed Talley for the scan, prosecutors said Talley pulled out the same gun he'd used in the earlier armed robbery, shooting Bartholomew in the head and shooting Bartholomew's partner in the chin before fleeing the hospital using an ID badge he took from a hospital employee.

Talley was seen running naked, holding a hospital gown. He was found a short time later under a porch nearby, still nude with his hospital gown and a 10mm handgun.

"Nobody knows what happened with that gun. Nobody knows if it was tucked in a fat fold or it was tucked inside his body," said Chicago Fraternal Order of Police president John Catanzara.

After the shooting, Bartholomew and his partner were taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where Bartholomew was pronounced dead. His partner remained hospitalized on Thursday, but his condition has improved, and he has been up and alert, and able to respond to questions using body cues.

As for what happened in between the time Talley broke the rules of his electronic monitoring and the shooting at Swedish Hospital, questions remain as to why he wasn't taken into custody sooner.

"This is a system that has been gamed time and time again, because sadly we have slid down the rabbit hole of defending the actually offenders who are ruining this city," Catanzara said.

Talley's case has raised questions about Cook County's entire electronic monitoring system.

"This today is the litmus test for it. It's not working. It's not a success. Empty jail cells are not a success when we have officers being attacked and shot constantly, and citizens being attacked constantly," said Ald. Anthony Napolitano (41st).

Bartholomew's memorial services have been scheduled for next week. Visitation will be held from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, at St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Church, at 5649 N. Sheridan Rd. His funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 8, also at St. Andrew's.

The Slammers will face off against the St. Louis Gateway Grizzlies in their opening exhibition game. 

The baseball field at the prison hasn't been touched since the building closed down in 2002, but the exhibition game is part of the centennial celebration of Route 66.

Joliet Prison is more than 160 years old and has a reputation for being extremely haunted. It also let inmates play baseball for more than 100 years. 

Joliet Slammers part-owner Bill Murray was there Thursday morning getting ready for the game and sharing his love of baseball, Chicago area history, and throwing reporters onto death row for wearing winter coats in April.

Fans — of the Slammers, of baseball in general, of history, of the prison, of having a fun day with family and friends — flocked to the Old Prison yard to enjoy the day out and the season opener.

"I love baseball and this is great fun," said Marty Havrelewicz, who donned an orange prison jumpsuit. "I know the ownership of the team, Joliet's team. It's always been about having fun at the ballpark."

"It's not often you get to do something like that and on the national stage with something so momentous. We thought, one, why not do it for Joliet in style, but two to bring a lot of joy to a place that may not of had it," said Slammers co-owner Nighttrain Veck.

Some fans came in Slammers gear, others painted their faces (some did both). Samuel Tiberi and his wife Katelyn dressed their nine-month-old daughter in an outfit that says "Cutie Convict."

"We wanted her to get dressed up so she can be a part of fun and be a part of the theme. She's a big hit so far," Tiberi said. 

Jim Woolf hoped the Slammers also hit it out of the park.

"I'm hoping it's a great game, neck and neck," he said.

Rob Weiss created a combination logo of the jailhouse bird and Route 66 logo that is displayed at home base.

"This one here probably took 25 minutes I would say. Something along those lines. I just hand drew it on the a piece of paper and just looked at it, started drawing in the dirt and make it happen," he said.

The game was nearly sold out, and if you missed today's game there will be plenty of opportunities to see the Slammers play again this year. Frontier League season kicks off May 8 with a home game as well. 

Going to the Big House Ballgame? 

Parking lots and gates

Parking lots open at 11 a.m. on game day. All attendees will have to enter through the East Gate on Collins Street. Gates open at 12 p.m. on game day.

The first 1,000 fans through the gates get a commemorative tin cup.

Parking is free and available in lots on the east side of Collins Street, near the old Women's Prison. Extra parking is available at U.S. Steel south of the prison, as well as Azteca de Oro.

ADA parking and rideshare drop-off is in the Old Joliet Prison lot immediately south of the main prison building. Organizers noted there's a quarter-mile distance from the ADA lot to the East Gate.

When does the game start? What kinds of tickets and seating are there?

The game starts at 3 p.m.

There are three ticket tiers: general admission yard, bleacher seats and VIP seating.

If you have general admission yard seats you should bring your own seating; organizers warned there are no physical seats provided with a general admission tickets. They also don't come with field access, but fans can walk the historic prison grounds and watch the game from a large screen directly below Tower Five.

Assigned bleacher seating is down the first baseline and in right and left field. Bleachers are numbered.

VIP tickets allows access to an exclusive area with a view of the field and al-inclusive food and beverage options. With this ticket option, organizers said you would watch the game with the same view the prison warden would have had.

Attendees with bleacher seat or VIP tickets are the only tiers with direct field viewing access.

Will there be pre-game entertainment?

Bill Branch and the Sons of Blues featuring Sheryl Youngblood will perform at 1 p.m. at the stage in the general admission yard.

For more information and for details about what is and is not allowed into the Big House Ballgame, click here. 

Governor JB Pritzker created the Illinois Accountability Commission in October during the height of Operation Midway Blitz.  Thursday they released their report and recommendations, including a push to prosecute the frontline ICE and Border Patrol agents using tear gas, guns and Blackhawk helicopters in immigration raids around Chicago.

"The factual record is grounded in evidence and lived experience that has taken a huge toll. I don't know if kids are ever going to feel they can cooperate with law enforcement every day," said Judge Ruben Castillo, a member of the commission. "I'm proud that the commission has approved the final report, which has now been formally transmitted to the governor."  

State leaders framed Operation Midway Blitz as an unprecedented campaign of harassment and brutality.

"This is not hard to prosecute. Not that far at all as far as I'm concerned," Catillo said.

Castillo led the commission as they reviewed 16 flashpoint incidents from last fall and winter. They heard from dozens of witnesses and victims, released new video and held community forums that led to the report which recommends, among other things, possible criminal charges for the crackdown's bad actors.

They sent heir findings to six law enforcement agencies, including the Cook County State's Attorney's Office who, to date, has not charged any federal agents for on-duty behavior during Operation Midway Blitz.

"I would say to State's Attorney Burke, don't want to investigate? Step aside and let a special prosecutor come in and do what needs to be done. But someone needs to do it," Castillo said.

A group is already in court pushing for a special prosecutor to be appointed to investigate possible crimes committed by federal agents, saying Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has refused to investigate possible criminal action by federal agents because of a conflict of interest.  

The Cook County State's Attorney's Office commended the "bravery of every witness who testified." The Cook County State's Attorney's Office released the following statement in part: 

"Under Illinois statute, our Office can bring charges only after receiving a completed investigation from a law enforcement agency. At that point, we review the available evidence and determine whether criminal charges are warranted in state court." 

"She has said she hasn't been referred anything," Castillo said, referring to arguments made in court during a special prosecutor hearing. "Today, she will be referred something."

But the commission itself is not a law enforcement agency, a critical difference.

"The State's Attorney of Cook County is following the law, federal law and state law," said CBS News Chicago legal expert Irv Miller. "She can only prosecute cases she has the legal authority to prosecute. She knows where the line is and she's sticking to the line, and she's right to obey the law."

Speaking after the report was released, Pritzker said with no accountability on a federal level, state and local lawmakers need to step up.

"We have laws for a reason," he said, "and when they are broken, the perpetrator must face consequences. Without justice our laws are merely suggestions."

The commission is also asking the feds to prohibit roving patrols, hold agents accountable and require body-worn cameras, as well as stop using paramilitary tactics , and discipline ICE and CBP agents who committed misconduct.

Operation Midway Blitz ramped down during November 2025, and by mid-December was largely considered over, though the Trump administration has said multiple times it has not formally "ended."

President Trump's immigration agenda has been impeded in 2026 by the partial shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as Democrats in the Senate fought for guardrails and reforms for immigration agents as a condition for funding ICE and Customs and Border Protection.

A trio of Republicans - House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and President Trump – eventually came together around a plan to fund DHS through parallel tracks: first, the House passing a Senate DHS bill that excludes funding for ICE and CBP to immediately reopen the department, and then second funding ICE and CBP through the budget reconciliation process, which will let Republicans approve funding by simple majority without support from Democrats, who are in the minority in both houses of Congress.

The House passed the Senate's DHS bill on Thursday.

What the commission heard and saw during testimony

This week, the commission heard testimony from witnesses, officials, lawyers, and victims. 

The testimony claimed agents lied about their vehicles being boxed in, or claimed there were threats of being shot by people who didn't have a gun. Some testified that agents continued on high-speed chases when told not to.

For one of the cases, officials screened a video showing an hour of federal immigration enforcement in October.

In the video, minutes before agents threw tear gas at a protesting crowd, they pulled someone from a vehicle and tackled him. They also screeched to a halt in front of a young girl, and then questioned her citizenship, before moving on.  

Another incident occurred in  Lakeview one week before Halloween, when Border Patrol agents arrived to spot-check a home renovation project.

In video footage released by the Illinois Accountability Commission, a man can be heard telling the agents, "ICE, get off my property. This is private property." 

A community protest emerged outside the home, which led to Border Patrol agents deploying tear gas.

Commission officials said President Trump's team declined to appear at a series of hearings held since December.   

The Trump Administration began Operation Midway Blitz in September 2025. In the months that followed, thousands of federal agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection flooded the city, often in tactical gear and deploying heavy force against protesters, journalists, observers, and ordinary civilians as they carried out raids in neighborhoods, near schools, and outside courtrooms. 

Complaints about the overuse of force culminated in a federal judge issuing a permanent injunction against the immigration agents, prohibiting them from using tear gas and other riot control weapons, requiring them to issue warnings before force and riot control measures were used, and ordering them to both wear and use body-worn cameras.

For more than 60 years, City Life Center has provided a safe haven for Gary children after school. The program serves up to 120 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. They receive meals and tutoring.

Now, very soon, a lack of state and federal funding could impact the services young people receive from the center.

"We are right now going week by week as far as financing is concerned. So, as we get donors, as different things come in, we're trying to just make payroll every two weeks," said City Life Center executive director Dr. Joshua Austin.

Sixty percent of the center's yearly operating budget of more than $800,000 comes from state and federal funding, according to Austin. Arts, culinary, job training, and after-school programs used to be provided for free, but now parents have to pay $100 a month for each child.

"There are a lot of families in this area that just can't afford that," Austin said.

With the future of the program uncertain, parents relying on it are now left wondering what's next.

Linda Hines not only volunteers at City Life Center, three of her children have attended its programs over the past two decades.

"It's served as a safe net and a place of family and comfort for them," she said.

If two of her children were to be without the program, she said, "You have to figure out meals and figure out where to place them, because everything they're comfortable with is lost."

Families who rely on services at City Life Center are not alone in preparing for what's next. The program employs 29 people from the Gary community.

"It means a lot, I think, economically in this community, because families are really struggling here. Not only do we employ adults, but I think it's really important that we provide youths apprenticeships. So, these are paid positions," said director of development Rhonda Miller.

Previously run by the YMCA and then the Boys and Girls Clubs, City Life Center's executive director had a message for anyone who has the means to keep the facility's doors open in the years to come.

"You're going to be a part of molding and shaping young people to be their best selves. You're not just investing in these kids now, but you're investing in the future of America," Austin said.

Joliet police said their narcotics unit raided a home in the 400 block of Meeker Avenue Wednesday. They also found cocaine, cash and equipment for illegal animal fighting.

Joliet police called in their Animal Crimes Team, who obtained and executed a separate search warrant. They found and recovered a total of 29 animals including roosters, hens, chicks and a young terrier puppy.

Police said several roosters had "physical alterations" indicating they were used for cockfighting, including metal spurs, straps, medications and carrier containers.

Joliet Township Animal Control is now helping the animals taken from the home get medical care.

Police said 39-year-old Roland Rodriguez-Gasca of Joliet was arrested before the initial narcotics raid in a traffic stop as officers saw him leave the home. Fortino Rodriguez, 51, of Joliet was arrested during the drug bust.

Rodriguez-Gasca is charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver, delivery of a controlled substance, eight counts of animal torture, eight counts of cruel treatment of animals and eight counts animals in entertainment violation.

Rodriguez is charged with delivery of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, animal torture, cruel treatment of animals and animals in entertainment violation. 

Illinois State Police said Tuesday they got multiple reports of crashes on northbound I-57 near 127th Street on Chicago's South Side.

State police said Hassan Moutassim, 25, of Jersey City allegedly drove his semi cab, which did not have a trailer attached at the time, recklessly down the highway, causing eight separate crashes, culminating with a final multi-vehicle crash near Halsted Street.

After that last crash, Moutassim allegedly stopped his truck, got out, physically removed a driver out of another crashed vehicle and began beating them. State police said he also tried to strangle that driver.

Troopers got to the scene and took Moutassim into custody. The victim was taken to a local hospital with injuries.

Moutassim is now charged with attempted murder, attempted battery on a public way and aggravated battery - strangulation, all felonies. He is being held in custody while he awaits his first court appearance. 

Oil prices surged Thursday, hitting a new high during the U.S. war with Iran. Brent crude, the international benchmark, topped $126 barrel.

The average price for gasoline jumped along with the cost of crude oil, reaching a new high since the war began on Feb. 28. The average price for a gallon of regular in America jumped to $4.30 Thursday, according to AAA. It's the highest average price at the pump since July 2022.

CBS Skywatch flew around Chicago to get a sense of how gas prices are doing in the city and found them above that national average.

The Shell station on S. Ruble in Pilsen, near the Dan Ryan Expressway, had regular gas for $4.79 a gallon, plus for $5.59 and V-Power premium gas for $6.39.

At Ida B. Wells and Dearborn in the South Loop, just off the highway, regular gas was $5.99 a gallon, silver for $6.59 and ultimate for $7.09 a gallon.

In Woodlawn, at S. Stony Island Ave. and E. Marquette Dr., regular gas was also $5.99 a gallon if you're paying with cash, $6.19 a gallon if you pay with a credit card, $6.59 for silver and a whopping $7.19 a gallon for ultimate.

AAA says the average gas price in Chicago is $5.05, up mor than 15 cents just from Wednesday. At this same time last year, gas was just $3.75 a gallon. 

American drivers now pay $1.32 more per gallon than they did before the Iran war. California has the nation's highest gas prices.

The Strait of Hormuz, which Iran controls and which is a vital shipping lane for oil exports, remains effectively closed and the U.S. continued its blockade of Iranian ports. For those looking for a quick end to the conflict, reports Thursday suggested possible escalation by President Trump doused those hopes. 

Spears, 44, was arrested on March 4 by the California Highway Patrol in Ventura County on suspicion of DUI. At the time, officers said they received a report of a speeding car on the southbound 101 Freeway. 

When officers located Spears, she appeared to be impaired. She was arrested after undergoing field sobriety tests. 

Authorities still have not provided the results of the chemical test taken after the arrest.

Earlier this month, Spears voluntarily checked into rehab, a representative for the singer told CBS LA.

A representative of the singer shared a statement at the time of her arrest, which described the incident as "unfortunate" and "completely inexcusable."

"Britney is going to take the right steps and comply with the law and hopefully this can be the first step in long overdue change that needs to occur in Britney's life," the representative's statement said. "Hopefully, she can get the help and support she needs during this difficult time."

She is scheduled to be arraigned on May 4. She is not required to appear in court for a misdemeanor-level charge. 

The DA's office said for defendants without a prior DUI history, prosecutors typically offer "wet reckless." This law allows a defendant to plead guilty to reckless driving involving alcohol and/or drugs. Under the offer, the defendant is placed on probation for 12 months, receives credit for any time spent in custody, is required to complete a DUI class, and must pay state-mandated fines and fees.

The DA's office said the offer will be extended to Spears.

Gasoline prices also reached a new high since the Middle East conflict began on Feb. 28, with the average U.S. cost jumping to $4.30 a gallon, according to AAA. That represents the highest prices at the pump since July 2022.

American drivers are now paying $1.32 more per gallon than they did before the Iran war. Drivers in California are facing the nation's highest gas prices, averaging $6.01 per gallon on Thursday, according to AAA data.

With no end to the war in sight, energy markets are concerned about the impact on oil supplies. Reports Thursday suggesting a possible escalation by President Trump doused hopes for a quick end to the conflict, while the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed and the U.S. has continued its blockade of Iranian ports.

"The breakdown of talks between the U.S. and Iran, along with President Trump reportedly rejecting Iran's proposal for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, has the market losing hope for any quick resumption in oil flows," ING Bank strategists Warren Patterson and Ewa Manthey wrote in a research note.

Although high U.S. gas prices could cause consumers to cut back on spending, for now Americans are continuing to open their wallets, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday in discussing the central bank's latest interest rate decision. The Fed maintained its benchmark rate at its current level, citing "elevated" inflation tied to the "recent increase in global energy prices."

"People are still spending. How long can that go on in a world where if gas prices were to go up a bunch more, that's taking spendable money out of people's pockets?" Powell said in a press conference. 

Brent crude to be delivered in June briefly soared past $126 per barrel before pulling back toward $114. Benchmark U.S. crude declined 1.8% to $104.97. Before the war began in late February, Brent crude was trading around $70 per barrel.

The high court upheld a lower court ruling that found Louisiana mapmakers relied too heavily on race when they redrew the state's voting boundaries to comply with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court's conservative majority found that compliance with Section 2 could not justify the state's use of race in redrawing its House district lines.

"Because the Voting Rights Act did not require Louisiana to create an additional majority-minority district, no compelling interest justified the state's use of race in creating SB8," Alito wrote, referring to the map. "That map is an unconstitutional gerrymander, and its use would violate the plaintiffs' constitutional rights."

The decision has implications far beyond political representation in Louisiana. The Voting Rights Act's protections have been key for voters seeking to challenge redistricting plans that they argue are racially discriminatory. The ruling will likely make it more difficult for minority voters and voting rights groups to successfully challenge voting maps under Section 2. 

The decision and Kagan's dissent

The high court's conservative majority altered the legal framework courts use when evaluating claims of vote dilution brought under the voting rights law, raising the bar plaintiffs must meet to prove a violation. The "updated" standard, Alito said, "reflects important developments" since it was first adopted by the Supreme Court 40 years ago.

"In short, Section 2 imposes liability only when the evidence supports a strong inference that the State intentionally drew its districts to afford minority voters less opportunity because of their race," he wrote. "Not only does this interpretation follow from the plain text of Section 2, but it is consistent with the limited authority that the Fifteenth Amendment confers." 

Justice Elena Kagan, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, wrote in her dissent that the majority "eviscerates" Section 2. She warned that as a result of the Supreme Court's decision, the law is "all but dead-letter."

"Under the Court's new view of Section 2, a State can, without legal consequence, systematically dilute minority citizens' voting power," she wrote. Kagan read a summary of her dissent from the bench.

Kagan said that under the conservative majority's new test, plaintiffs challenging a redistricting plan must show that legislators acted with a racially discriminatory motive, which she said is "well-nigh impossible." She warned that minority voters in Louisiana and other states will lose the equal opportunity to elect their preferred candidates, leading to a sharp decline in minority representation. 

"I dissent because the Court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote," she said. "I dissent because the Court's decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity."

The decision comes just months ahead of the November midterm elections. Candidates have already filed to run across Louisiana's six congressional districts, and the time for state Republicans to mount a late attempt to redraw the map is quickly dwindling. Party primary elections are set for May 16, with early voting beginning Saturday.

But on the heels of the Supreme Court's decision, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, signed an executive order suspending the primary elections to the House. He encouraged state lawmakers to enact new maps and schedule those elections "as soon as possible."

The ruling could be a boon for Republicans in other southern states, where legislatures have had to craft majority-minority districts in order to comply with the Voting Rights Act. The question before the court was whether race-based redistricting violates the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution.

Louisiana's map, which was also used in the 2024 election cycle, includes four majority-White districts and two majority-Black districts. It had been invalidated by a three-judge district court panel as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

The White House cheered the Supreme Court's decision, calling it a "complete and total victory" for voters.

"The color of one's skin should not dictate which congressional district you belong in," Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman, said in a statement. "We commend the court for putting an end to the unconstitutional abuse of the Voting Rights Act and protecting civil rights."

The NAACP, which represented a group of plaintiffs that defended Louisiana's map with two majority-minority districts, said the ruling should motivate voters to turn out for the midterm elections to protect minority representation.

"Today's decision is a devastating blow to what remains of the Voting Rights Act, and a license for corrupt politicians who want to rig the system by silencing entire communities," NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement. "The Supreme Court betrayed Black voters, they betrayed America, and they betrayed our democracy. This ruling is a major setback for our nation and threatens to erode the hard-won victories we've fought, bled, and died for."

The ruling from the Supreme Court joins recent decisions from 2013 and 2021 in which the conservative justices have chipped away at the Voting Rights Act. Voting rights groups had warned that the ruling in the Louisiana case could impact the upcoming midterm elections by leading some states with later primaries to quickly redraw their congressional districts, ultimately resulting in a decline in minority representation in Congress.

It's unclear whether Republicans in certain states will mount 11th-hour attempts to redraw congressional voting lines. Lawmakers in several places, including Texas, California, North Carolina, Virginia and Missouri, have already undertaken a mid-decade redistricting, though with political motivations. 

Louisiana's map

The protracted legal battle over Louisiana's congressional map began in 2022, when state Republican lawmakers adopted new House district lines in the wake of the 2020 Census. That map consisted of five majority-White districts and one majority-Black district. Nearly one-third of Louisiana's population is Black, according to Census data.

A group of African-American voters filed a lawsuit arguing the map violated Section 2 because it diluted Black voting strength and deprived minority voters of the opportunity to elect their preferred candidate. A federal judge in Baton Rouge ruled for the voters and ordered the state to enact a remedial map with a second majority-minority House district.

The re-drawn plan was adopted by Louisiana's legislature in 2024 and reconfigured the state's 6th Congressional District to ensure the map complied with the Voting Rights Act. Republicans in the state said they also crafted the map with a political goal: to protect powerful GOP incumbents in the House, namely Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Rep. Julia Letlow, a member of the Appropriations Committee.

Rep. Cleo Fields, a Black Democrat, was elected to represent Louisiana's 6th Congressional District in November 2024.

But the new map drew its own challenge from a group of 12 self-described "non-African-American" voters, who argued it was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. A divided panel of three judges invalidated the new district lines and found that the state legislature relied too much on race when it crafted them.

Louisiana Republicans and Black voters appealed the decision to the Supreme Court in its last term and urged the justices to keep the re-drawn map intact. But the high court scheduled the case for re-argument in June and asked the parties to address whether race-based redistricting comports with the Constitution.

When the case was before the Supreme Court last year, Louisiana officials defended the new voting boundaries and urged the high court to leave them in place. But after the court said it would weigh the legality of race-based redistricting, the state reversed course and said its intentional creation of a majority-minority district violated the Constitution.

Reaction to the court's decision

The Supreme Court's decision swiftly drew responses largely divided along party lines, with Democrats decrying the ruling and Republicans cheering it.

President Trump hailed the ruling, calling it a "BIG WIN for Equal Protection under the Law" in a Truth Social post. The president specifically thanked Alito and called him "brilliant."

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, a Republican, said the court's ruling vindicates the state's position. She said she will work with the governor and state legislature to provide guidance regarding a map that complies with the Constitution.

"The Supreme Court has ended Louisiana's long-running nightmare of federal courts coercing the state to draw a racially discriminatory map," she said in a statement. "That was always unconstitutional — and this is a seismic decision reaffirming equal protection under our nation's laws."

GOP Rep. Richard Hudson, who leads the National Republican Congressional Committee, applauded the decision. The group is tasked with defending the Republican majority in the House.

"The Supreme Court made clear that our elections should be decided by voters, not engineered through unconstitutional mandates," he said in a statement. "For too long, activists have manipulated the redistricting process to achieve political outcomes, dividing Americans instead of bringing them together. This ruling restores fairness, strengthens confidence in our elections, and ensures every voter is treated equally under the law."

Ken Martin, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, lambasted the ruling, calling it a "gut punch."

"Today is a dark day for America — the Supreme Court just rolled back the clock on the Civil Rights Movement," he said in a statement. "The GOP-captured Supreme Court just effectively killed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a major step back in the fight for racial justice and fair representation."

It's the 15th annual International Jazz Day on Thursday, and this year, Chicago is the global host. 

The city will celebrate with an "All-Star Global Concert" on Thursday night at 7 p.m. You can watch the live stream on the International Jazz Day website.

With Chicago at the center, Jazz Day events will take place worldwide.

Tom Carter, president of Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, said Chicago is an appropriate place to celebrate because it's the founder's birthplace. 

"There's a long history of jazz and blues here as well, and it's also the home of Herbie Hancock. Herbie is the one who founded International Jazz Day," Carter said. 

City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Commissioner Kenya Merrit said the city has "come alive." She said the city has had events in many different neighborhoods in celebration. 

"Chicago is not shy on how we show up," Merrit said.

"It seems like a horror movie, but it's actually happening. It's almost unbelievable," Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday told CBS News in an exclusive interview. 

"Suddenly, the lights go out"

In the past week alone, water outages hit duty stations in Port Huron, Michigan, and Station Channel Islands, California. 

Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, had natural gas lines temporarily locked. A power outage at a recruiting station in St. Louis, Missouri, forced officers to operate by flashlight until electricity could be restored. 

Electricity was also cut off to the residence of a Coast Guard rear admiral in New Orleans, forcing his family to drive to a hotel until service was restored. That residence is one of nearly 1,000 Coast Guard housing units at risk of electricity shutoffs because of unpaid bills. Across the service, 43% of housing units have invoices more than 30 days past due.

"It's unacceptable," said Lunday. "I think the American people would be furious to know this is happening," Lunday said. "We have over 6,000 utility bills that have been unpaid because DHS is not funded. And so, now we're starting to see electricity, water, natural gas, other services shut off that are impacting not only our operational units and bases where our people work, but starting to impact where people live."

Jessica Manfre, a Coast Guard spouse for 18 years, said the utility shutoffs aren't isolated incidents, and Coast Guard families across the service have been vocal about their concerns.

"When I heard that water is getting shut off at my friends' stations and they're having to call city officials to beg to have it turned back on because bills aren't getting paid," she recounted, "I knew this shutdown was different." 

"These are stations where our crews are standing by to respond at a moment's notice to any Mariner in distress or any threat to the nation," Lunday said. "And they launch 24/7, 365 — and suddenly, the lights go out or they don't have water."

In many cases, utilities are only restored after Coast Guard personnel call providers and beg for leniency.

"In most cases, the people we're talking to … those providers are turning it back on, even though they're not being paid," Lunday said. "I don't know how long that's going to last."

Our workforce is "furious"

The shutdown has now stretched 75 days since funding lapsed at the Department of Homeland Security. Unlike military branches that are funded through the Defense Department, the Coast Guard falls under DHS, so it's vulnerable when DHS funding lapses.

"This is incredibly frustrating," Lunday said. "In fact, I would say our workforce, our men and women and their families, are furious."

"It's more than a breach of trust," the commandant continued. "Our Coast Guard men and women, whether they're active duty or reserve military civilians, they've stepped forward and taken an oath to support and defend the Constitution. What they expect in return is just to be paid and provide services." They don't expect "to have to worry about whether their families are going to be taken care of," Lunday added.

In early April, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said DHS employees who had been working without pay and the Coast Guard would be paid for the first six weeks of the shutdown and the next pay period, and said the payments were made possible by executive action and existing funding flexibility. Now, that funding is exhausted. 

The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.

Lunday pointed to the experience of a civilian Coast Guard worker in Ketchikan, Alaska — a machinist and longtime employee — who continued reporting to work during the last shutdown even after going without pay for weeks. At one point, he said, the worker had to sell his truck to pay his mortgage. 

Manfre, who is based in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, explained that the shutdown has made already tenuous situations worse for many families, particularly those relying on a single income or those with both wage earners working for the service branch. 

"So many of our spouses work on base. So they miss three and a half paychecks in a world where you need two paychecks," Manfre said. "That means sacrificing vacations, that means skimping, that means utilizing food pantries just to get by because those paychecks are suddenly all gone."

Deployed in conflict zones, uncertain of pay

Even as funding runs out, Coast Guard personnel remain deployed worldwide — including in conflict zones. Roughly 300 are now stationed in the Middle East amid the war in Iran, while others stationed in the Indo-Pacific are boarding "ghost fleet" oil tankers in high-stakes missions. 

"We have people in harm's way at this hour, conducting military operations along with other military services," Lunday said. "And it is hard to imagine that part of our armed forces would not be funded. And what it shows is the dedication of our men and women, that they're still committed to stepping into the breach and getting that mission done, even in the face of danger, even while, even while the government is not working to fund the DHS and the Coast Guard and ensure they get paid."

The U.S. Coast Guard's nearly 45,000 active-duty members are uniquely vulnerable during government shutdowns because the branch is the only one of the six armed services that falls under DHS. The Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force and Marines fall under the Defense Department.

"It is really disheartening because our members raise their hand just like every other service member. Only 1% of this country serves, and they willingly go wherever — they are fighting right now against Iran," Manfre said. "It feels like it doesn't matter. Like we don't matter because we are not DOD or DOW. We're somehow lesser — that's how it feels."

The commandant explained that uncertainty around pay has delayed major life decisions among his ranks and their families. "Even medical treatments, because they're worried about making the co-pay," Lunday exclaimed. 

For families at home, that contradiction is stark.

Manfre said she was shocked to watch members of Congress go on recess while military families canceled vacations and summer camps for their own children because of the financial uncertainty. 

The mother of two compared Congress' inaction to a temper tantrum: "The difference between children having a temper tantrum and Congress shutting us down is they're doing it on our backs." 

"We're the ones that are suffering," Manfre said. "Congress continues to get paid. But we're sitting here waiting, wondering and suffering the consequences of their legislative game of chicken."

"Hollowing out" our readiness

The Coast Guard has canceled 30 national security exercises and halted training ahead of major events, including the World Cup and America 250.

"It's hollowing out our operational readiness," Lunday said. "We are still performing our highest priority national security missions… but underneath our ability to continue to maintain the assets, our cutters, our aircraft, our boats, that's challenged because we don't have the funds necessary to pay people to do all of the maintenance work we need."

"My biggest concern about readiness is whether or not their heads are in the game," he said, referencing the men and women in uniform. "Whether they're ready to face those threats, rather than worried about whether they're going to get paid into May and whether their families are going to need more support."

Going into personal debt to follow orders

About one-third of the Coast Guard relocates each year, but moving advances are unavailable right now because of the shutdown.

"Right now, they're not getting those advances," Lunday said. "So they're putting those thousands of dollars on credit cards. They're depleting their savings. They're taking out loans that they can't afford."

When asked if they're going into personal debt to follow orders, Lunday nodded. "Yes, that's exactly right."

Manfre said families are preparing for that reality ahead of travel season. "I would imagine if there are no funds, but the Coast Guard's mission has to continue, we will be asked to save up or use our credit cards if we have to in order to front this move."

"That is the reality," she added. "Many of them are already in debt because of moving expenses and tuition reimbursement that's not coming through."

Commerce and infrastructure stalling

The effects extend beyond Coast Guard bases. There is now a backlog of nearly 19,000 merchant mariner credentials – representing roughly 10% of the entire workforce – along with roughly 5,000 medical certifications.

"These are the commercial mariners that are so vital to maritime commerce and the U.S. flag fleet," Lunday said. "We can't grow this commercial merchant mariner workforce at a time where America is trying to rebuild our maritime might, and that's so vital to national security."

Bridge projects are also at risk, since the Coast Guard has suspended permitting during the shutdown. "And in some cases, that's putting project funding to rebuild bridges or build new bridges at risk," Lunday said. 

Roughly $5.4 trillion of commerce moves through U.S. waterways, every year. "And the Coast Guard's responsible for making sure that happens safely and securely," Lunday said. "So that impacts every American."

"The Coast Guard is operating in a crisis"

Both Lunday and Manfre say the long-term effects of the shutdown are already being felt in recruitment and retention. "It is hard to look a recruit in the eye and say, 'This is the career for you.'"

Asked about her message to lawmakers, the military spouse paused. "You can't tell me in one breath that you, you believe in our military… and then vote against funding an agency that protects this country every day. You just can't."

On Wednesday, Day 75 of the shutdown, the commandant said the consequences are no longer administrative or abstract. "Today, the Coast Guard is operating in a crisis."

Pressed on how much longer his men and women in uniform can operate without funding, Lunday paused. "Well, we've taken an oath, all of us in the military, in the DHS, to support and defend the Constitution. And we're going to do it as long as we have the ability. But we're in territory we haven't been in before."

Alphanso Talley, 26, was back in court for violating his electronic monitoring weeks before the shooting at Swedish Hospital. His hearing lasted about five minutes and was continued until June.

This comes after Talley made his first appearance in Cook County Criminal Court on Monday after the hospital shooting that killed Officer John Bartholomew. At that appearance, Talley was ordered detained until his next hearing on a litany of charges related to the shooting.

Before Saturday's shooting, court records show Talley was most recently facing multiple carjacking-related charges from May of last year, including aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm. 

Talley spent multiple years in and out of prison. Court records show his criminal past dates back to 2017.

He'd been convicted of armed robbery, illegal possession of a firearm, driving a stolen car, and aggravated battery of a correctional officer. 

While on parole in April 2025, Talley was arrested again for carjacking a woman and robbing a man. A judge ordered that he be detained, but that didn't last.

In December, Talley was released on electronic monitoring and was told he'd be monitored 24/7.

A month later, the judge, the same one from Tuesday's hearing, changed the terms of Talley's release so he could go to college, allowing him to leave home for 7 to 15 hours a day.

Records show Talley violated the terms of that electronic monitoring multiple times. He violated curfew and missed a court date in March. His whereabouts were unknown because he didn't charge the battery in his ankle monitor, which died in early March.

"This is BS that we're even here. It's a failed system. It's an absolutely failed system," Ald. Anthony Napolitano (41st) said Monday at the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse after Talley's detention hearing. "It's flawed. It's broken. It needs to end. It's needs to end immediately. Start to hold these judges accountable for letting people out for no reason at all."

Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke said Tuesday that prosecutors ask for criminal defendants to be detained if they're a danger to the public, and in Talley's case, among others, judges release the defendants on electronic monitoring despite the threat.

"Since I took this job 15, 16 months ago, I have been screaming about electronic monitoring," said O'Neill Burke. "Electronic monitoring is not an alternative to detention. It does not keep people safe."

O'Neill Burke said her office did everything in their power to keep Talley in custody. She said that if the State's Attorney's office does not believe a defendant is a danger and does not ask for detention, there is no issue with that defendant going about their life while preparing for trial. But if prosecutors do ask for detention, O'Neill Burke said, there is always a reason — and that reason is always laid out before a judge.

"We make sure that we put every bit of information in front of a judge to establish why we believe this person presents a danger, as we did in this case. We established that he had four pending violent felonies, and in spite of that, he was placed on electronic monitoring," O'Neill Burke said. "The electronic monitoring system is broken. It does not work."

As for electronic monitoring, she said to have an effective system, those in violation should be arrested by sworn law enforcement, but that does not happen. 

A 2022 study published by the Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts looked at pretrial electronic monitoring across nine jurisdictions, including Cook County. It found that defendants on electronic monitoring are at "greater risk of involvement in the criminal legal system" and that there's "no standardized process for determining who was placed on electronic monitoring, how long they were monitored, or what rules they had to follow." 

The Office of the Chief Judge, which is in charge of the program, promised to expedite major violations. It is unclear if that will happen in Talley's case.  

For the charges associated with the shooting of the officers this past weekend, prosecutors on Monday laid out a timeline that began around 8 a.m., when they said Talley and an unknown second person went to a Family Dollar in Albany Park in the 3200 block of W. Lawrence Ave. for an armed robbery. There, prosecutors said they pistol-whipped an employee, robbed the store of cash, and stole the worker's wallet and keys. Surveillance video shows two people arriving on scooters and, moments later, leaving before police arrive.

Investigators said officers were able to use a GPS device on the stolen items to help them track Talley down. They took him into custody, and he told police he had swallowed narcotics, so police called an ambulance, and Talley was taken to Swedish Hospital, according to prosecutors.

Talley remained under police guard as he was seen at the hospital and taken to a room to receive a CT scan. His clothes were removed, but a blanket was kept over him, prosecutors said in court. Prosecutors said his handcuffs were removed for the scan, which is when Talley reached under the blanket, pulled out a gun, and shot at officers. 

Bartholomew was killed. A second officer, 57 years old and a 21-year veteran of the force, remained in critical condition Monday morning at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara said the second officer's condition remains extremely grave, saying "it's going to take a miracle" for him to survive.

Talley then fled, shooting out a window of the hospital as he did, according to prosecutors. He was found a short time later under a porch nearby, still nude with his hospital gown and a 10mm handgun, prosecutors said.

An Indiana woman, Olivia Burgos, has been arrested on federal charges in connection with the purchase of the gun police say was used in the shooting.